NASA's LRO lunar probe has taken some amazing shots of the surface that show the landing sites of Apollo 11 and Apollo 14. The images show the base sections of the lunar modules, the experiment packages deployed by the astronauts, and even tracks made by astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell at Apollo 14's Fra Mauro site.
The images should finally put to rest the enduring, fringe story that the lunar landings were faked. Will they? Probably not. Purveyors of such stories have a vested interest in those stories continuing. They will likely argue NASA fafed the images just as it faked the original missions.
LRO's real mission, however, is not confirming history. It will spend a year mapping the lunar surface and searching for water ice in preparation for the next era of human exploration of the Moon.
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